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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Federal Minister of Finance" <info@capital-bd.com>
Reply-To: fedministerfinan1@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 03:10:03 +0600
Subject: FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
P.M.B. 14, Garki, Abuja.
Official E-mail:(fedministerfinan1@gmail.com

Attn:- Unpaid Beneficiary:

Dated This Day: 03/08/2018


CLAIM'S OF YOUR FUND VALUED US$36.6 BILLION BY SOME REPRESENTATIVES.

Good Day to you and your family as i bring to you greetings in the name of
the LORD.I do like to let you know that a power of attorney was forwarded
to my office this morning by two gentlemen ,one of them is an AMERICAN
national and he is ENGR . GILBERT M.USON by name while the other person
is Mr. Fredrick Patrick by name a CANADIAN national.

I want you to know that your Registered Previous Personal Banking Details
which is now in my Office was forwarded to me by the Central Bank Governor
and the Transfer Unit as well.

This Gentle Men claimed to be the representative of your Family, and
this power of attorney stated that you have died, they brought an
account to replace your information and claimed your fund of $US36.6
Billion which is right now lying DORMANT and UNCLAIMED, below is the new
account they have submitted:

BANK NAME:- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RBC).
BANK WEBSITES:www.rbcroyalbank.com
NAME OF ACCOUNT:LEAD AND SONS COMPANY.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 2984-0008-660.
SWIFT CODE: BOPIPHMM.
AMOUNT FOR TRANSFER: US$36.6 Billion.

Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you
suffered and died of a throat cancer.All you just have to do is for you to
confirm if you are really alive,because its sound furious that such kind
of a thing just happened ,I was Instructed to find out if it really
happens or not before the fund will be transferred to them.

Please these email demands urgent response as whoever do read these if its
you or a family Member or Friend who has access to your email address
,should respond immediately.

You are therefore given 24hrs to confirm the truth in this information if
you are still alive by responding back immediately so that these office
can know what actions to be taken,because they are just insisting that we
carry out the transfer of which we are writing to you now on their absent
to confirm if you are still alive.

Since no response from you all these while on how you can get your fund
released to you, we are now suspecting that it might be true and funny
that something strange might have happened and that the story might be
true, because the only evidence now is you or your family members
contacting these office now and confirming if these people are from you,or
else we will transfer the fund to them.

Kindly Provide the following details for immediate actions to be carried out:

1:Your full names:
2:Your Complete address:
3:Your age and sex:
4:Your Occupation:
5:Your Tel/fax:
6: Your I.D CARD/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.

Note: In case of any questions from you or your family members that reads
these email,call should be made direct to my office mobile number:.You or
your family members should forward to me emails been received from those
IMPOSTERS for adequate investigations to be carried out.

You or your family members that reads these email should respond back as i
await immediate response.

Best regards,

Dr. Mansur Muhtar.
Federal Ministry of Finance.
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Cc: Senate President.
Cc: All Foreign Payment Offices.
Cc: Board of Directors
Cc: Accountant General Of The Federation





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